September 2016

Loyalist Trails 2016-38

2021-12-03T18:27:53-05:00September 22nd, 2016|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2016-38: September 22, 2016

In this issue:
An Epitaph in Ink: Part One, by Stephen Davidson
Editor’s Note

Articles

An Epitaph in Ink: Part One

© Stephen Davidson, UE

Polly Jarvis Dibblee had to flee for safety to her father-in-law’s Connecticut home when her husband declared himself a loyalist. After moving to Long Island, she watched helplessly as rebels dragged her husband off to jail. Pregnant with her last child, Polly was robbed by patriots who took the family’s clothes and effects while holding them at bayonet point. Reunited, the Dibblees were on the first evacuation ship to […]

Loyalist Trails 2016-37

2021-12-03T18:28:43-05:00September 11th, 2016|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2016-37: September 11, 2016

In this issue:
Browsing through an Orderly Book: Getting Along with the Locals, by Stephen Davidson
JAR: Captain John Peck Rathbun – As Audacious as John Paul Jones
Digital Gazette: Help Save Costs; Sign up by April 14
Where in the World?
From the Twittersphere and Beyond
Last Post: Albert Edward Preece, UE

Articles

Browsing through an Orderly Book: Getting Along with the Locals

© Stephen Davidson, UE

The American Revolution was a different type of war for the British army. Their troops were not in enemy territory where […]

Loyalist Trails 2016-36

2021-12-03T18:29:50-05:00September 4th, 2016|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2016-36: September 4, 2016

In this issue:
Browsing Through an Orderly Book: Life in a Loyalist Corps, by Stephen Davidson
JAR: Sir John Johnson, The Hard Luck Baronet, by Gavin Watt
RevWarTalk: Joseph Brant
Loyalists And Old Hay Bay Church: A Diverse Group
A Successful “Roots 2016” Celebration
Borealia: New Books in Early Canadian History, 2016
The Challenges of Preserving Our Loyalist Built Heritage
Digital Gazette: Fall 2015 Issue Publicly Available
Where in the World?
Region and Branch Bits
From the Twittersphere and Beyond
Last Post: Donald Arthur […]

August 2016

Loyalist Trails 2016-35

2021-12-03T18:30:38-05:00August 28th, 2016|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2016-35: August 28, 2016

In this issue:
Carleton’s Book of Negroes: A Ledger’s Legacy (Part 2), by Stephen Davidson
JAR: Stern Measures – Thomas Jefferson Confronts the “Hair Buyer”
JAR: Daniel McGirth, Banditti on the Southern Frontier
Tarleton’s Legion
Teaching the African Diaspora with a Trip to Canada
Where in the World?
From the Twittersphere and Beyond
Last Post: James Arthur (Art) Keller, UE
Memorial Service For Lois Dickinson, UE

Articles

Carleton’s Book of Negroes: A Ledger’s Legacy (Part 2)

© Stephen Davidson, UE

More than just a ledger that recorded […]

Loyalist Trails 2016-34

2021-12-03T18:31:20-05:00August 21st, 2016|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2016-34: August 21, 2016

In this issue:
Carleton’s Book of Negroes: A Ledger’s Legacy (Part 1), by Stephen Davidson
The Memorial of Sir John Johnson Baronet of Johnson Hall
The Butler Papers Online at Brock U. Special Collections
JAR: Top 10 Banastre Tarleton Myths
Borealia: How the Quebec Act enhanced, not weakened, the British Empire
America in Class: Experiences of the War
Ben Franklin’s World: Taylor Stoermer, Harvard U. & Colonial North America
Hannah Lawrence Schieffelin & Women’s Experiences in Revolutionary America
Where in the World?
Region and Branch Bits
[…]

Loyalist Trails 2016-33

2021-12-03T18:46:07-05:00August 14th, 2016|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2016-33: August 14, 2016

In this issue:
If Loyalist Furniture Could Talk (Part 2 of 2), by Stephen Davidson
JAR: Revolutionary War Olympics – The Games Our Founders Played
Ben Franklin’s World: Founding Friendships Between Men and Women
Myths of the American Revolution: The Smithsonian
Book: Valiant Ambition – A Piece of the Back Story
UE Loyalist Certificates Issued in July
War of 1812: Lemuel Scott, Prisoner of War
Where in the World?
Region and Branch Bits
From the Twittersphere and Beyond
Last Post: Hazel “Eleanor” Philip (Brown), UE
[…]

Loyalist Trails 2016-32

2021-12-03T18:48:26-05:00August 7th, 2016|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2016-32: August 7, 2016

In this issue:
Conference 2016
If Loyalist Furniture Could Talk (Part 1 of 2), by Stephen Davidson
Borealia: Bear Years, Squirrel Years, and Environmental Politics
JAR: How Article 7 Freed 3000 Slaves
How to Research History Online
UE Loyalist Certificates Issued in June
Book review: Abductions in the American Revolution
The Big Chill: 1816, the Year Without a Summer
Where in the World?
Region and Branch Bits
From the Twittersphere and Beyond
Queries
      + Response re David Redding
      + […]

July 2016

Loyalist Trails 2016-31

2021-12-03T18:49:28-05:00July 31st, 2016|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2016-31: July 31, 2016

In this issue:
Conference 2016
Heroes in the Loyalist Hall of Fame, by Stephen Davidson
Data Correction: Revised Article “A Favour of the Queen”
Joseph Brant, the Mohawk Warrior, Tribal Leader & Diplomat
Elizabeth Posthuma Simcoe, 1762-1850
Historicist: Elizabeth Simcoe, A Toronto Pioneer
JAR: War on the Middleline: The October 1780 British Raid on Ballston
Home Makeover: Loyalist Estate Turned Patriot Headquarters
2016 UELAC Conference donates to Scholarship
Reminder: Your Loyalist History in the Loyalist Gazette
Where in the World?
From the Twittersphere and […]

Loyalist Trails 2016-30

2021-12-03T18:56:24-05:00July 24th, 2016|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2016-30: July 24, 2016

In this issue:
The Case of the Missing Loyalist Heroes, by Stephen Davidson
JAR: March to Quebec and the Fog of War
The Impossible Task of Subduing the Colonies
Where in the World?
Region and Branch Bits
From the Twittersphere and Beyond
Last Post
      + Reverend Ainslie “Ibbs” Avery, UE
      + R.E. “Gene” Corbet, UE
      + Frank Victor Edward Crosswell, UE
Queries
      + Seagoing Loyalists and the Royal Navy

Articles

The Case of the Missing Loyalist […]

Loyalist Trails 2016-29

2021-12-03T18:58:37-05:00July 17th, 2016|Categories: Loyalist Trails|

“Loyalist Trails” 2016-29: July 17, 2016

In this issue:
A Sombre Chapter, by Stephen Davidson
Loyalist Quarterly, by Paul Bunnell: June 2016 Issue Now Available
Book Review: Something of a Peasant Paradise?
Podcast: John Johnson’s Escape from Johnstown, 1776
JAR: Most shocking or unexpected moment of the Revolution?
First World War Comes to Life
Where in the World?
Region and Branch Bits
From the Twittersphere and Beyond
Last Post: Eileen Foster Semph, UE

Articles

A Sombre Chapter

© Stephen Davidson, UE

Canadians prefer to think of their history as being as pure […]

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